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Amini M, Benson JD. Technologies for Vitrification Based Cryopreservation. Bioengineering (Basel) 2023; 10:bioengineering10050508. [PMID: 37237578 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10050508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Cryopreservation is a unique and practical method to facilitate extended access to biological materials. Because of this, cryopreservation of cells, tissues, and organs is essential to modern medical science, including cancer cell therapy, tissue engineering, transplantation, reproductive technologies, and bio-banking. Among diverse cryopreservation methods, significant focus has been placed on vitrification due to low cost and reduced protocol time. However, several factors, including the intracellular ice formation that is suppressed in the conventional cryopreservation method, restrict the achievement of this method. To enhance the viability and functionality of biological samples after storage, a large number of cryoprotocols and cryodevices have been developed and studied. Recently, new technologies have been investigated by considering the physical and thermodynamic aspects of cryopreservation in heat and mass transfer. In this review, we first present an overview of the physiochemical aspects of freezing in cryopreservation. Secondly, we present and catalog classical and novel approaches that seek to capitalize on these physicochemical effects. We conclude with the perspective that interdisciplinary studies provide pieces of the cryopreservation puzzle to achieve sustainability in the biospecimen supply chain.
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- Mohammad Amini
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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Fukunaga Y, Harada M, Okada T. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of DNA bases using frozen silver nanoparticle dispersion as a platform. Mikrochim Acta 2021; 188:406. [PMID: 34734344 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-021-05055-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Raman spectroscopy is a powerful method to characterize molecules in various media. Although surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is often employed to compensate for the intrinsically poor sensitivity of Raman spectroscopy, there remain serious tasks, such as simple preparations of SERS substrates, sensitivity control, and reproducible measurements. Here, we propose freezing as an efficient way to overcome these problems in SERS measurements using DNA bases as model targets. Solutes are expelled from ice crystals and concentrated in the liquid phase upon freezing. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are also concentrated in the liquid phase to aggregate with Raman target analytes. The SERS signal intensity is maximized when the AgNP concentration exceeds the critical aggregation value. Freezing allows up to 5000 times enhancements of the SERS signal. Thus, an efficient SERS platform is prepared by simple freezing. The simultaneous detection of four DNA bases effectively eliminates variations of signal intensities and allows the reliable determination of concentration ratios.
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- Yu Fukunaga
- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan.
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Ugraitskaya SV, Shishova NV, Valeeva ER, Kaurova SA, Shvirst NE, Fesenko EE. Cryopreservation of HeLa Cells at a High Hydrostatic Pressure of 1.0–1.5 kbar. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350921010140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Suzuki Y. Non-segregated crystalline state of dilute glycerol aqueous solution. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:144501. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0003787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Yoshiharu Suzuki
- Research Center for Advanced Measurement and Characterization, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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Kang T, You Y, Jun S. Supercooling preservation technology in food and biological samples: a review focused on electric and magnetic field applications. Food Sci Biotechnol 2020; 29:303-321. [PMID: 32257514 PMCID: PMC7105587 DOI: 10.1007/s10068-020-00750-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Freezing has been widely recognized as the most common process for long-term preservation of perishable foods; however, unavoidable damages associated with ice crystal formation lead to unacceptable quality losses during storage. As an alternative, supercooling preservation has a great potential to extend the shelf-life and maintain quality attributes of fresh foods without freezing damage. Investigations for the application of external electric field (EF) and magnetic field (MF) have theorized that EF and MF appear to be able to control ice nucleation by interacting with water molecules in foods and biomaterials; however, many questions remain open in terms of their roles and influences on ice nucleation with little consensus in the literature and a lack of clear understanding of the underlying mechanisms. This review is focused on understanding of ice nucleation processes and introducing the applications of EF and MF for preservation of food and biological materials.
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- Taiyoung Kang
- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
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Costa RDS, Capuzzo CDS, Ribeiro CDS, Verissimo-Silveira R, Siqueira-Silva DHD, Senhorini JA, Ninhaus-Silveira A. Morphological evaluation of Prochilodus lineatus embryos after vitrification-thawing in high-osmolarity cryoprotectant solution. Reprod Domest Anim 2018; 53:1353-1358. [PMID: 30011097 DOI: 10.1111/rda.13249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We aimed to vitrify embryos of Prochilodus lineatus in a high-osmolarity cryoprotectant solution, evaluating, after the vitrification-thawing process, their morphological changes. Thus, 240 embryos in the 20-somite phase (20S) were exposed for 20 min to one main internal cryoprotectant solution (1,2-propanediol-PROP), divided into four immersion sequence steps of five minutes each. The first three steps were performed in solutions containing only a main internal cryoprotectant (PROP-2, 3 and 4 M), and the fourth step in a high-osmolarity solution combining internal (PROP + dimethyl sulphoxide-Me2 SO) and external cryoprotectants (sucrose-SUC). The final concentration of vitrification was PROP 5 M + Me2 SO 5 M + SUC 0.2 M. During vitrification, the straws exhibited a translucent solid appearance; however, during thawing, their structure became totally opaque and white. After thawing, the embryos suffered an increase in volume and presented morphological changes including protrusions on the surface of the yolk sac, yolk sac rupture, and optical vesicle degradation. On the inside, we observed intercellular spaces and a yolk syncytial layer (YSL) with altered chromatin. Yet, structures such as somites, neural tube, endoderm and epidermis presented cells with a nucleus and integral mitochondria. We conclude that the use of the tested cryoprotectant solution permits the formation of a vitreous solid and preserves part of the cells of the blastoderm. Yet, the heating protocol does not control recrystallization, resulting in the formation of serious morphological anomalies that prevent the preservation of the embryonic unit.
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- Raphael da Silva Costa
- Department of Biology and Animal Science, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Ilha Solteira, Brazil.,Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Biology and Animal Science, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Ilha Solteira, Brazil
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- Department of Biology and Animal Science, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Ilha Solteira, Brazil
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- Department of Biology and Animal Science, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Ilha Solteira, Brazil
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- National Center for Research and Conservation of Continental Fish at the Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation - CEPTA/ICMBio, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
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Bachler J, Fuentes-Landete V, Jahn DA, Wong J, Giovambattista N, Loerting T. Glass polymorphism in glycerol-water mixtures: II. Experimental studies. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 18:11058-68. [PMID: 27044677 PMCID: PMC4840991 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp08069j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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We here study pressure-induced amorphization and polyamorphic transitions in frozen bulk glycerol–water solutions experimentally.
We report a detailed experimental study of (i) pressure-induced transformations in glycerol–water mixtures at T = 77 K and P = 0–1.8 GPa, and (ii) heating-induced transformations of glycerol–water mixtures recovered at 1 atm and T = 77 K. Our samples are prepared by cooling the solutions at ambient pressure at various cooling rates (100 K s–1–10 K h–1) and for the whole range of glycerol mole fractions, χg. Depending on concentration and cooling rates, cooling leads to samples containing amorphous ice (χg ≥ 0.20), ice (χg ≤ 0.32), and/or “distorted ice” (0 < χg ≤ 0.38). Upon compression, we find that (a) fully vitrified samples at χg ≥ 0.20 do not show glass polymorphism, in agreement with previous works; (b) samples containing ice show pressure-induced amorphization (PIA) leading to the formation of high-density amorphous ice (HDA). PIA of ice domains within the glycerol–water mixtures is shown to be possible only up to χg ≈ 0.32 (T = 77 K). This is rather surprising since it has been known that at χg < 0.38, cooling leads to phase-separated samples with ice and maximally freeze-concentrated solution of χg ≈ 0.38. Accordingly, in the range 0.32 < χg < 0.38, we suggest that the water domains freeze into an interfacial ice, i.e., a highly-distorted form of layered ice, which is unable to transform to HDA upon compression. Upon heating samples recovered at 1 atm, we observe a rich phase behavior. Differential scanning calorimetry indicates that only at χg ≤ 0.15, the water domains within the sample exhibit polyamorphism, i.e., the HDA-to-LDA (low-density amorphous ice) transformation. At 0.15 < χg ≤ 0.38, samples contain ice, interfacial ice, and/or HDA domains. All samples (χg ≤ 0.38) show: the crystallization of amorphous ice domains, followed by the glass transition of the vitrified glycerol–water domains and, finally, the melting of ice at high temperatures. Our work exemplifies the complex “phase” behavior of glassy binary mixtures due to phase-separation (ice formation) and polyamorphism, and the relevance of sample preparation, concentration as well as cooling rates. The presence of the distorted ice (called “interphase” by us) also explains the debated “drift anomaly” upon melting. These results are compatible with the high-pressure study by Suzuki and Mishima indicating disappearance of polyamorphism at P ≈ 0.03–0.05 GPa at χg ≈ 0.12–0.15 [J. Chem. Phys., 2014, 141, 094505].
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- Johannes Bachler
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
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- Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
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- Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA and PhD Programs in Physics and Chemistry, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Reversible Cryopreservation of Living Cells Using an Electron Microscopy Cryo-Fixation Method. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0164270. [PMID: 27711254 PMCID: PMC5053471 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Rapid cooling of aqueous solutions is a useful approach for two important biological applications: (I) cryopreservation of cells and tissues for long-term storage, and (II) cryofixation for ultrastructural investigations by electron and cryo-electron microscopy. Usually, both approaches are very different in methodology. Here we show that a novel, fast and easy to use cryofixation technique called self-pressurized rapid freezing (SPRF) is–after some adaptations–also a useful and versatile technique for cryopreservation. Sealed metal tubes with high thermal diffusivity containing the samples are plunged into liquid cryogen. Internal pressure builds up reducing ice crystal formation and therefore supporting reversible cryopreservation through vitrification of cells. After rapid rewarming of pressurized samples, viability rates of > 90% can be reached, comparable to best-performing of the established rapid cooling devices tested. In addition, the small SPRF tubes allow for space-saving sample storage and the sealed containers prevent contamination from or into the cryogen during freezing, storage, or thawing.
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The decisive role of free water in determining homogenous ice nucleation behavior of aqueous solutions. Sci Rep 2016; 6:26831. [PMID: 27225427 PMCID: PMC4881027 DOI: 10.1038/srep26831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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It is a challenging issue to quantitatively characterize how the solute and pressure affect the homogeneous ice nucleation in a supercooled solution. By measuring the glass transition behavior of solutions, a universal feature of water-content dependence of glass transition temperature is recognized, which can be used to quantify hydration water in solutions. The amount of free water can then be determined for water-rich solutions, whose mass fraction, Xf, is found to serve as a universal relevant parameter for characterizing the homogeneous ice nucleation temperature, the meting temperature of primary ice, and even the water activity of solutions of electrolytes and smaller organic molecules. Moreover, the effects of hydrated solute and pressure on ice nucleation is comparable, and the pressure, when properly scaled, can be incorporated into the universal parameter Xf. These results help establish the decisive role of free water in determining ice nucleation and other relevant properties of aqueous solutions.
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Velasquez D, Pavon-Djavid G, Chaunier L, Meddahi-Pellé A, Lourdin D. Effect of crystallinity and plasticizer on mechanical properties and tissue integration of starch-based materials from two botanical origins. Carbohydr Polym 2015; 124:180-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2014] [Revised: 02/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Suzuki Y, Mishima O. Experimentally proven liquid-liquid critical point of dilute glycerol-water solution at 150 K. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:094505. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4894416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Yoshiharu Suzuki
- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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